Solving problems of big cities

natcity

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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

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Question We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too little money, or about the right amount. First (READ ITEM A) . . . are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)? D. Solving the problems of the big cities

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[1] too little
[2] about right
[3] too much
[NA(d)] don't know [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024
Full	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

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Counts by year:

year	iap	too little	about right	too much	don't know	no answer	skipped on web	Total
1973	-	723	412	184	180	5	-	1504
1974	-	736	360	162	216	10	-	1484
1975	-	697	369	175	238	11	-	1490
1976	-	636	391	291	174	7	-	1499
1977	-	615	400	296	214	5	-	1530
1978	-	593	452	289	197	1	-	1532
1980	-	585	381	312	186	4	-	1468
1982	-	870	412	332	240	6	-	1860
1983	-	658	468	247	218	8	-	1599
1984	983	214	148	60	63	5	-	1473
1985	783	294	244	123	86	4	-	1534
1986	740	314	221	116	69	10	-	1470
1987	1216	254	184	72	90	3	-	1819
1988	763	327	209	72	105	5	-	1481
1989	769	354	222	83	105	4	-	1537
1990	698	337	178	67	87	5	-	1372
1991	761	348	231	85	85	7	-	1517
1993	807	429	175	92	96	7	-	1606
1994	1484	844	343	197	120	4	-	2992
1996	1463	752	336	186	163	4	-	2904
1998	1451	629	412	167	170	3	-	2832
2000	1408	627	439	146	190	7	-	2817
2002	1407	562	494	183	116	3	-	2765
2004	1411	556	522	173	149	1	-	2812
2006	3026	666	510	173	135	-	-	4510
2008	1019	444	333	113	114	-	-	2023
2010	1030	393	337	179	104	1	-	2044
2012	976	385	339	157	109	8	-	1974
2014	1264	544	419	186	124	1	-	2538
2016	1430	683	455	177	118	4	-	2867
2018	1160	573	365	121	127	2	-	2348
2021	2045	1009	591	349	18	-	20	4032
2022	1764	1003	443	231	88	5	10	3544
2024	1626	921	410	260	84	2	6	3309
Total	31484	19575	12205	6056	4578	152	36	74086

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